UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Principles and Practices 2023
This online CME course presents a comprehensive review of new developments in outpatient management, along with controversies, specialty problems, and best practices in the primary care setting. Dr. Robert Baron and a roster of expert UCSF faculty discuss preventive medicine, reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, day-to-day clinical problems, chronic disease management, women’s health, geriatrics, behavioral medicine, optimal use of diagnostic tests and new medications, and more.
UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Principles and Practices uses 20+ continuing medical education lectures and case-based discussions to focus on health disparities and promote quality, safety, equity, and value in the care of vulnerable patients with COVID-19 and other common illnesses.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Controversies in Cancer Screening 2023 – Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH
Best Practices in Adult Vaccination – Lisa Winston, MD
Chronic Kidney Disease: Integrating New Tests, New Guidelines, and New Medications – Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH
Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis – What’s New and Controversial in 2023 – Anne Schafer, MD
Current Challenges in Management of Asthma and COPD – Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd
Type 2 Diabetes – Which Medications for Which Patients – Robert Rushakoff, MD, MS
Management of Outpatient Respiratory Infections as the Covid Pandemic Evolves – Paul Nadler, MD
Covid-19 – Where Do We Stand, What Have We Learned, Where are We Going – Peter Chin-Hong, MD
Quality Contraceptive Care – Counseling and Controversies – Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS
Updates in the Evaluation and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea – What We Can Learn from the Upper Airway – Jolie Chang, MD
Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of Common Liver Diseases in 2023 – Rena Fox, MD
Cardiology for the Non-Cardiologist – New Innovations and New Guidelines – Krishan Soni, MD, MBA, FACC
Urologic Health in the Aging Male – Benjamin Breyer, MD, MAS, FACS
Dementia 2023 – The Latest on Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention – Gil D. Rabinovici, MD
Updates in Health Policy – Implications for Practicing Clinicians – Elisabeth Askin, MD
STIs In 2023 – Best Practices for Prevention and Treatment – Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain – Fibromyalgia to Long Covid and Everything in Between – Andrew J. Gross, MD
Management of Common Disorders of the Eye – Saras Ramanathan, MD
Gynecologic Issues in Older Women – Rebecca Jackson, MD
Office Assessment and Treatment of Obesity – Diets, Drugs, and Surgery – Diana Thiara, MD
Dermatology in Primary Care – Recognition and Treatment of Common and Uncommon Disorders of the Skin – Lindy Fox, MD
Date of Original Release: December 15, 2023
Date Credits Expire: December 14, 2026